2002-03 Rugby Pro D2 season
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The 2002-03 Rugby Pro D2
Rugby Pro D2
Rugby Pro D2, also known as Pro D2 is the second level of domestic club rugby union in France, below the first division, Top 14. The competition was introduced in 2000. There is relegation and promotion between both the Top 14 and Fédérale 1, the third-level competition...
season was the 2002-03 second division of French club rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
. There is promotion and relegation in Pro Rugby D2, and after the 2002-03 season, CA Brive
CA Brive
Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin is a French rugby union team founded in 1910 and based in Brive-la-Gaillarde in the département of Corrèze of the Limousin région . They wear black and white and play in the Stade Amédée-Domenech .- History :The club was created on 15 March 1910 established on...
and Montpellier RC
Montpellier Hérault RC
Montpellier Hérault Rugby Club is a professional French rugby union, based in Montpellier the capital of Languedoc-Roussillon. The club competes in the top level of the French league system, in the Top 14. They originally played at Stade Sabathé but moved to the Stade Yves-du-Manoir in 2007...
were promoted to the top level, and US Marmande and Aubenas Vals were relegated to third division.
Standings
| Clubs | Points | Games played |
Wins | Draws | Losses | Points for |
Points against |
Diff | |
| 1 | CA Brive CA Brive Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin is a French rugby union team founded in 1910 and based in Brive-la-Gaillarde in the département of Corrèze of the Limousin région . They wear black and white and play in the Stade Amédée-Domenech .- History :The club was created on 15 March 1910 established on... |
79 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1076 | 476 | 600 |
| 2 | Montpellier RC Montpellier Hérault RC Montpellier Hérault Rugby Club is a professional French rugby union, based in Montpellier the capital of Languedoc-Roussillon. The club competes in the top level of the French league system, in the Top 14. They originally played at Stade Sabathé but moved to the Stade Yves-du-Manoir in 2007... |
75 | 30 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 850 | 532 | 318 |
| 3 | FC Auch FC Auch Gers Football Club Auch Gers is a French rugby union club based in Auch in Midi-Pyrénées currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second tier of the country's professional league system. In recent years, they have bounced between the first-level Top 14 and Pro D2... |
69 | 30 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 675 | 546 | 129 |
| 4 | Tarbes Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby is a French rugby union team that currently takes part in Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.... |
69 | 30 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 709 | 611 | 98 |
| 5 | Lyon Lyon OU Lyon Olympique Universitaire or LOU is a French rugby union team that competes in the Top 14, the first level of the country's professional league system. They earned their spot in the Top 14 by winning the 2010–11 title of the second-tier Pro D2.... |
66 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 522 | 255 | 267 |
| 6 | Bayonne Aviron Bayonnais Aviron Bayonnais is a French rugby union club from Bayonne in Pyrénées-Atlantiques that currently competes in the top level of the French league system, in the Top 14 competition... |
66 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 802 | 606 | 196 |
| 7 | La Rochelle Atlantique Stade Rochelais Stade Rochelais is a French rugby union club who compete in the Pro D2. They are often known simply as La Rochelle.They were founded in 1898 and play at Stade Marcel-Deflandre . They wear yellow and black... |
66 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 719 | 612 | 107 |
| 8 | Racing Paris Racing Metro 92 Paris Racing Métro 92 is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. "92" is the number of Hauts-de-Seine, the département of Île-de-France, bordering Paris to the west, where they play, and whose council... |
58 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 660 | 696 | |
| 9 | US Dax US Dax Union Sportive Dacquoise, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the French league system.... |
57 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 729 | 653 | 76 |
| 10 | RC Toulon | 56 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 573 | 674 | |
| 11 | Tyrosse Union Sportive Tyrosse Rugby Côte Sud Union Sportive Tyrossaise Rugby Côte Sud is a French rugby union club, currently playing in the third division of the French league system, in Fédérale 1. Tyrosse were relegated from the Rugby Pro D2 competition down to Fédérale 1 after the 2005-06 season... |
56 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 630 | 810 | |
| 12 | Aurillac Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne is a French rugby union club, which play in Rugby Pro D2, the second division of French rugby. The club currently play at the Stade Jean Alric, which has a capacity of around 10,000. The club was founded in 1904... |
55 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 589 | 651 | |
| 13 | CA Périgueux CA Périgueux Club Athlétique Périgueux Dordogne is a French rugby union club that currently competes in the second division of French club rugby, the Pro D2 competition. Périgueux played in the higher divisions in the early 2000s but were relegated from Rugby Pro D2 after the 2004-05 season... |
52 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 557 | 873 | |
| 14 | SC Albi SC Albi Sporting Club Albigeois is a professional French rugby union club playing the second-level Rugby Pro D2. During the past years it went back and forth between Top 14, the highest level of the French league system and the second-level Rugby Pro D2. Their last time in the Top 14 was for 2009–10 after... |
50 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 575 | 833 | |
| 15 | US Marmande | 45 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 546 | 877 | |
| 16 | Aubenas Vals | 41 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 497 | 992 | |